Bride injured in celebratory firing, 2 booked

In an incident wherein a bride was hit by a bullet during celebratory firing in Ferozepur, the police have booked Gurpreet Singh, brother of injured girl Balwinder Kaur, besides owner of marriage palace under various sections of the BNS and the Arms Act. After CM Bhagwant Mann expressed concern on X about the incident, the police today held a meeting with marriage palace owners.

SSP Saumya Mishra told the marriage palace owners not allow anyone to indulge in celebratory gunfire. At the time of “vidai”, a bullet grazed past the forehead of Baljinder (23). She was rushed to a private hospital from where she was referred to DMC, Ludhiana, where her situation is still critical.